Career
Andrew Clarke was one of the most popular Australian actors in the 1980s and 1990s. Andrew Clarke began his career in theatre. His theatre credits include Macbeth, The Winter"s Tale, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Cherry Orchard, Long Day"s Journey into Night, The Glass Menagerie, The Devil"s Advocate, Waiting for Godot and Under Milk Wood.
He has had several high-profile roles in television movies, series and mini-series, including starring in the popular series Banjo Paterson"s The Manitoba From Snowy River ("Snowy River: The McGregor Saga") as Matt McGregor for four seasons from 1993-1996.
He played Terry Hansen in 1983 and 1984. In 1992 He acted as Sonny Hammond in The Adventures of Skippy which was short lived and ran for one season with 39 episodes.
Clarke had a starring role as sleuth Simon Templar in The Saint in Manhattan in 1987. There was a one-hour pilot episode that aired on Columbia Broadcasting System. lieutenant did not make the fall schedule.
Instead, Columbia Broadcasting System decided to show it and have viewers call in and vote to put it on the schedule.
About 44,000 people called in, with more than 40,000 of them voting in favour of the show. These numbers did not sway Columbia Broadcasting System, especially since the show did not fare well against whatever was playing on the other two networks that night, and it declined to purchase any future episodes. Andrew Clarke also appeared in the movie Les Patterson Saves The World in 1987 and portrayed Laurence Olivier in Blonde.
He has also had roles in SeaChange, Halifax f.p., and Always Greener In late 2005 he completed a four-month stint on soap opera Neighbours, playing Alex Kinski.
Andrew Clarke played football at a high level, is a keen tennis player and runs.